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Sanjeev Bikhchandani: From pioneer to messiah of India's internet startups

In the last three decades, Info Edge's Bikhchandani has built a reputation as someone who has paved the way for Indian startups to come into their own with his insights and support, especially during downturns. The entrepreneur-turned investor is now giving back to society via multiple organisations

Use the tricolour as a leitmotif for national reconstruction: Naveen Jindal

The Jindal Steel and Power chairman writes about how, drawing inspiration from the national flag, India can rebuild

Spotlight on India's freedom to innovate

Robust funding to startups and efforts to remove bureaucratic hurdles in government-owned research labs augur well for the future. But freedom to innovate has not been used to solve the most pressing social and economic problems

True Grit: The phenomenal growth of the Indian entrepreneurial spirit

From JRD Tata to Dhirubhai Ambani and Sanjeev Bikhchandani, how entrepreneurs helped India through its transition from an agrarian economy to state-controlled industry and on to an era where unicorns have taken the centrestage

How India can birth software product giants

Several factors need to come together to create an ecosystem that enables and encourages the creation of global software products

The tech vs privacy face-off

Rampant and unregulated use of inaccurate facial recognition systems by government agencies threatens the Right to Privacy of citizens

From desperation to global superpower: How India's landmark 1991 reforms actually played out

In 1991, India bid adieu to a socialist economy, putting in processes for a free and progressive market that would later sow the seeds of a global economy

Hero Electric is set for a high voltage fight

India's biggest maker of electric two-wheelers gears up as its rivals, including Hero MotoCorp, firm up an aggressive plan to turbo charge the EV market

How Yamaha is gearing up to win the Indian two wheeler market

Motofumi Shitara, chairman of Yamaha Motor India Group Companies, talks to Forbes India on the two-wheeler-maker's connected mobility solutions, its quest for 10 percent market share by 2025, and why EVs are the future

India's exports are growing steadily. Can it fuel a much needed revival of the economy?

The increase in export numbers comes at a time when India's consumption economy, which contributes to two-thirds of growth, is slowing down and is unlikely to revive quickly

Thoughts on electric vehicles